
The ALVINLEEART.COM DIGITAL COLOR CHALLENGE has been concluded and we have come to terms with the five finalists by our board of judges. There were a plethora of submissions to review and after much consideration and many great entries later these are the pieces of work that we found were not only well executed but stood out from the crowd. We want to thank you all for your generous submissions and hard work put towards this contest, it was greatly appreciated! Three of these finalists were actually featured earlier during the competition and still remained in the running for the grand prize. Congratulations for making it on to the voting session, your work speaks for itself! We apologize for the delay of the announcement of our finalists but as you can understand we had hundreds of submissions to review and as the deadline drew near the competition grew more intense. It was a difficult decision to make as we butted heads, argued for specific submissions and debated for days but I hope you are pleased with our final selection.
Vote for your favorite submission now!
NOTABLE SUBMISSIONS:
These are some submissions that we felt were above average and definitely worthy of being noted. These were all very well done and just barely made the cusp of our final five. Here they are for you to see!

Jorge Maese

Fifi Xu

Ryan Burt

Laura Galiffe

Andrea Errico

Muhammed Ansar Ali

Neeraj Menon

Stephen Hetrick

Claudia Madez
THE FIVE FINALISTS (IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER)

Color Challenge Finalist, Danny Araya
Danny Araya
Silver Spring, USA.
http://danielaraya.deviantart.com/

Color Challenge Finalist, Raineiro Cobos
Raineiro Cobos Castro
Bogota, Colombia.
www.raineiro.com

Color Challenge Finalist, Nala Fontaine
Nala Fontaine
Montreal, Canada.
http://nalafontaine.deviantart.com/

Color Challenge Finalist, Seth D Jones
Seth D Jones
Shepherdsville, USA.

Color Challenge Finalist, Fabian "Monk" Schlaga
Fabian “Monk” Schlaga
Kassel, Germany.
http://monk-art.deviantart.com/
October 12th, 2009 at 6:41 am
vote for Seth D Jones !
October 12th, 2009 at 6:28 am
not a fan of a few of the finalists, there was better submissions in the above average section for sure.
October 12th, 2009 at 6:12 am
Fabian Schlaga has my vote!
October 12th, 2009 at 5:56 am
had to vote for Monk!
his is just the best overall IMO
has a really nice almost kind of a movie poster kind of feel to it
very top notch
[i really dig Seth Jones and Laura Galiffe's as well]
nice job!
i only wish i made enough time to do an entry of my own :\
October 12th, 2009 at 5:28 am
I liked Cassie Fuertez the most, she had some nice tones
October 12th, 2009 at 5:13 am
I’m shocked Jorge Maese wasn’t a finalist. wow! I gave my vote to Monk. He’s the clear winner here.
October 12th, 2009 at 5:08 am
Oh sad, I didn’t get the final. May the best win.
October 12th, 2009 at 4:18 am
I think that Andrea Errico should have been in top five fo sure.. Must say that I’m little disappointed those finalis. Only 2 out of 5 are right (imo), Danny Araya and Monk.
And my vote will goes to Monk.Really nice piece overall! Stunning colors
October 12th, 2009 at 4:18 am
I really like Monk, I think is the best in finalists (anyway, compliments to all). But, I really love some work in “notables”
October 12th, 2009 at 4:07 am
FIFI XU !!! YEAHH!!
October 12th, 2009 at 3:13 am
HEYYY congrats to all participants, its such an honour to be on the notable submissions :d im very happy n_n thanks to alvin and all the crew!
NOW, VOTING TIME
DDDDDDDDD
October 12th, 2009 at 3:10 am
Congrats to those who made it! I’ll definitely be up for the next challenge (definitely plan my time for it better than I did for this one). My vote has been cast!
Thanks again, Alvin, for this awesome oppertunity.
-Tamtu
October 12th, 2009 at 3:03 am
UPDATED: Notables are now draggable and in full resolution.
About Fifi Xu’s entry: We had a long discussion about her entry and we came to this conclusion. Unfortunately Alvin wasn’t very fond of the colors depicted in the piece, overall her submission was very well rounded and displayed a lot of her talent, but in the end if wasn’t entirely the direction Alvin was looking for.
October 12th, 2009 at 2:56 am
I would’ve picked Fifi Xu, too.
October 12th, 2009 at 2:47 am
Had Fifi Xu been a finalist, I would have voted for her!
After giving a vote to Fabian (has a cool Korean Hanji-paper feel to it), I looked through the Notables and WOW.
Fifi’s looks just GORGEOUS.